Transformers 84 looks to be set ON EARTH.

 

Something probably came up and he couldn't attend the panel. It's just a panel, they're literally subject to change and it's not that unusual for them to do so.

 

Incredibly excited to see and learn more about Transformers '84, especially considering we have two really good names attached to it.   Please make this a new ongoing so we can just forget about IDW's increasingly sad looking attempt at a reboot.

Synergy continues to look like one of the worst things released by IDW in recent history.

Definitely gonna check out the Ghostbusters crossover, as it has nice art and is looking to be quite an amusing little romp.

 

Totally agree! I can't wait to hear Megatron's response when Gozer asks, "Are you a god?"

 

Yep, this.
Look, unless TF 84 is a direct continuation of Transformers Zone/Return of Convoy, I think we're about tapped out on what a 1984 comic can accomplish when we've already got a comic doing exactly that. Optimus versus Megatron with cartoon-accurate designs? Wow, so original.

We've got the reboot comic with cartoon-accurate designs. We've got the Star Trek and Ghostbusters crossovers with cartoon-accurate designs. We've got Generations with cartoon-accurate designs. We've got Masterpiece with cartoon-accurate designs. We've got the upcoming Netflix series with cartoon-accurate designs. We've got Cyberverse with stylized yet still cartoon-inspired designs. We've got Bee Movie with stylized cartoon-inspired designs.

The only new blood in Transformers these days is BotBots.

Now, a Furman-penned, Guidi-pencilled BotBots comic? Now, THAT'S got potential. Do that, IDW.

 

I'm curious. Those who don't want G1, what do you want? A return to some other era? Some new continuity altogether?

 

Things don't always improve with change. Not that i want it to.

 

You don't want things to improve?

 

I do but changing the staff does not equal better. It could also get really bad. And right now I like where we are headed.

 

That’s reasonable. However, based on the last few years as well as seeing the same complaints now, I have zero confidence in the current editorial staff.

 

I'd love to see something like Animated again. Super unique aesthetic, new memorable characters and creative new takes on classic characters. The last two are actually ones I think original IDW continuity did a good job of.

 

BotBots. Literally said it in the post directly above yours.  

Or a return to the days of Beast Wars and RID 2001/Unicron Trilogy, where a new toyline meant new characters and a new story. The occasional homage or returning character is fine (I'm personally hoping for a new Tigerhawk and crabtank-Rampage myself one of these days), but I want a brand-new continuity like we had when I was growing up with Transformers. Where a series with transformation literally in the name actually transformed.

By 1986, the second year of the franchise, they were trying new things. Each year brought with it a new leader, a new villain (at least in Japan). Did it always work? No.
But they were willing to try.

G1 is fine. It's fine. There's a reason it's lasted this long, after all.
But honestly? I'm sick of seeing the same 1984 characters over and over and over again. It's getting boring.